A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.729 km (64 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 02:49:49 / July 2, 2025 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 103.729 km, 158.7884° East, 52.8884° North. The temblor was picked up at 02:49:49 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qa49. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qa49. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelizovo, Vilyuchinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (c. 187 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yelizovo (c. 40 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Vilyuchinsk (c. 25 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

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